Showing posts with label Mandela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mandela. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Double Standards of MIWay Insurance CEO



This what Rene Otto CEO of MiWay Insurance tweeted about Afrikaners:

 
Accusing Afrikaners  of believing they are God's chosen people - the bloody audacity of Otto! In effect he also said that Afrikaners are in denial about the Apartheid era. If so Otto, then the no- vote would have won - about this fact he is quiet, very quiet.
 
At first I believed Otto that he made a mistake and apologized for his tweet.  But then it was picked up that the same Otto was prepared to forgive a black man for a racial tweet way back in July 2017 and he went further on to mention that we all should follow the example of terrorist Mandela for his forgiveness, which incidentally is hogwash.  Read Here
 
That is why I say that Otto has double standards - one standard of forgiveness for  non-whites and another standard of unforgiveness for Afrikaners.
 
Shame on you Otto!!!! 
 
PS: I he was sincere in his forgiveness, why did he block  Afrikaners on Twitter and Facebook who criticized him for his anti-Afrikaner tweet???
 
 
 

Thursday, June 4, 2015

The First Prisoners of Robben Island


Robben Island is one of the most renowned islands in the world.

But do you know who the first prisoners of this island were?

It was Harry the Strandloper (“Beach Comber”) and his tribe. He was the chief of a KhoiKhoi tribe called the Goringhaicona, who were an outcast group that lived in Table Bay and were despised by other KhoiKhoi groups for their scavenging. Even Harry was a cunning man and quickly amassed herds of cattle and sheep.

Harry was picked up by an English ship for a joy ride to Batavia. During the trip he learnt the English language and when he returned to the Cape became the postmaster for the passing ships. Sailors would drop off letters which he would then pass on to other ships.

When Jan Van Riebeeck came to the Cape in 1652, Harry moved back to the mainland to help establish trade between the KhoiKhoi and the Dutch. Because he could speak English, he was made an interpreter.


The KhoiKhoi would trade livestock with the Dutch in exchange for tobacco and alcohol. One day the Dutch swindled them in a deal and in revenge Harry and a few other KhoiKhoi men stole from the Dutch. As punishment, Van Riebeek banished them to Robben Island, making them the first prisoners on Robben Island. After more than a year on the island Harry managed to escape back to the mainland in a leaking boat, and after more dust had settled he was accepted back for his job as interpreter.

Engela